The country declined because democrats controlled congress for forty years...
And only one good President in sixty years. (Reagan)...Trump might be next..
George Bush Reagans biggest mistake..
Yup.
My understanding is the Republican Establishment pretty much forced RR to accept GHWB as Veep. They couldn’t stem the tide of real Americans taking a stand, so they made sure Bush was next in line so as to backstop the Reagan Revolution.